Arknights: Suika's Journey as a Messenger
Chapter 248

Layers of Hidden Pieces

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Although it was cold, the old street was very lively.

Unfortunately, the two were too full to handle the dazzling array of delicious food.

Fortunately, they were out to digest their food anyway, so they didn't feel any regret.

However, after a day of eating and drinking, the two were now like old friends, bickering with each other while showing off their sights.

The two walked and stopped, and suddenly looked at each other.

"Looking for you?" Suika nudged Nian's shoulder.

Nian sighed.

"You think I'd come looking for you again? This smell from the Sui Affairs Bureau is really unpleasant."

"Let's go together." Suika patted Nian on the shoulder, and then the two walked arm in arm toward a quiet street not far away.

The two had just entered the street when several figures suddenly appeared from both directions and blocked their way.

"I'll give you a piece of my mind. Looks like you don't have much influence in Great Yan either," Suika said, glancing at the people around her.

Nian touched his nose.

"Something's not right. These people don't seem to be from the Sui Affairs Bureau."

"Huh?" Suika looked at her.

"They're too weak, and as long as we siblings don't plan to hold a family gathering, Sui Affairs Bureau won't interfere with our decisions about where we go or what we do on ordinary days..."

After scanning the group of people, he calmly said...

Suika thought about it and realized that it made sense.

For the Sui Affairs Bureau, the most important thing was to deal with the Sui Beast.

The primary approach to dealing with these Sui Beast Fragment is to appease them.

What is needed is that they will not side with Sui and cause trouble for Great Yan before the Great Yan is about to perish again.

In addition, there are people like Shuo and Shu, who have excellent local reputations and are willing to help the people of Great Yan.

Therefore, it can be seen from the plot that the Great Yan's attitude towards the Sui Beast is very subtle. There is monitoring and checks and balances, but it is definitely not hostile.

The murderous aura emanating from those around them was far too intense.

"How so?" She counted them over the years; there were probably more than a dozen. Although it seemed like a lot, she didn't take it to heart at all.

After all, dealing with these people wouldn't be difficult for her.

The problem was that she suspected someone was watching them, trying to get her to take action.

It was obvious that these guys who suddenly appeared were assassins, and all they wanted was for me to kill them.

She didn't know why the people behind them were doing this, but she knew that if someone really died, even if they didn't do it themselves, those guys at the Sui Affairs Bureau, whose nerves were already stretched to the breaking point, would probably make a big deal out of it.

She had important things to do and didn't have time to play these little games with these guys, like "I didn't kill anyone, I died myself."

Suika took out her phone and tossed it to her, then pulled out Ibuki Gourd.

"Call Old Chen and tell her we've run into trouble here. Leave these people to me."

"Drinking before a fight..." Nian was about to complain about Suika taking out her gourd of wine before the battle, but then she saw Suika wave the gourd in her hand and say, "Come on, line up, everyone have a sip first."

Then everyone was held in place like puppets, obediently tilting their heads back and craning their necks to wait for Suika to pour the wine.

If she had a knife right now, she felt that killing these guys with their throats exposed would be no more troublesome than killing the Fowlbeast.

Although she didn't know how Suika managed to do it, she wasn't too surprised, being a woman of wide experience.

She calmly opened her phone, found Chen's number, and dialed it.

Upon hearing Nian's words, Chen said, "Don't move, I'll bring men over right away."

Chapter 448 Layers of Hidden Mobs

Less than five minutes later, several police cars arrived with sirens blaring and blocked the street from both sides.

Then a man in a police uniform led dozens of police officers out of the car.

"Hello, I'm here to take these prisoners away."

Just as Suika was about to put down the wine jug, Nian suddenly nudged her back with his elbow.

Do you know these people?

Upon hearing Suika, Suika frowned.

"Whose orders have you all come here on their behalf?"

After a brief silence following Suika's question, the man chuckled dryly and said...

"Of course it's Governor Wei. No one else could mobilize police forces so quickly."

"Wei Yenwu? Interesting. Let's all have a drink together."

Just a second ago, Suika seemed to understand and was about to put away the wine jug. But just as everyone was about to relax, she suddenly raised her wine glass again, encompassing everyone in it.

"Oh no..." Before the person who came could react, he was once again controlled by Suika.

More than ten minutes later, the sound of sirens came from afar again, and Chen Yima was the first to get out of the car.

Upon arriving here, I was somewhat surprised to see a ground covered in people who had been thoroughly drunk.

After all, there were several people inside wearing Guard Department.

How did they get involved with Suika?

"What's going on? What are you all doing...?"

Chen originally wanted to say that this was an assault on a police officer, but Suika pointed to the people in the Guard Department uniforms and said...

"First, see if you recognize these people!"

Upon hearing Suika's question, Chen walked up to the group and examined them, only to find that they were all unfamiliar faces.

She waved over a few more usually active people and checked them again, but she didn't recognize any of them.

"What's going on?!"

Looking at the "police cars" parked nearby and the drunken "unfamiliar police officers," Chen keenly sensed that this matter was not simple.

"Call Wei Yenwu, there are new rats appearing in Lungmen again."

Suika pointed at the fake police officers and said

"These guys arrived at the scene less than five minutes after I called you, and they even said they were acting on Wei Yenwu's orders."

Even if Wei Yenwu is really watching this area, it might be someone from the Guard Department who comes. Even if they do come, if he notifies the Guard Department, and you're already prepared, then it should be you who comes.

So when I realized something was off about these guys, I arrested them all.

Judging from your eyes, these guys aren't one of yours...

Chen scanned the area sharply before speaking.

"The Guard Department Bureau oversees all parts of Lungmen, with thousands of people at all levels, and I can't guarantee that I know them all."

You're right, I brought people over as soon as I got the call, and it took quite a while.

There's definitely something wrong with how quickly these people arrived.

However, judging from the clothing, it fits quite well and doesn't seem to have been made temporarily.

Regardless, this is the responsibility of the Guard Department, and we will handle it seriously.

Chen did not confirm Suika's statement.

She would rather believe these people were corrupt cops than believe that the Guard Department had been infiltrated to this extent.

The thought of mysterious individuals posing as members of the Guard Department and acting with impunity within Lungmen sent shivers down her spine.

Soon, everyone was thrown into the police car (they were all almost dead from drunkenness), and then Chen arranged for several agents to drive the other party's car in, taking Suika and Nian to the Guard Department.

"By the way, have you contacted Hoshiguma?" Chen asked as soon as he got out of the car.

"No, there's no need to worry her about something so trivial."

Suika shook her head.

"But your ID card currently lists you as a minor, and your sole guardian is Hoshiguma. So, as is customary, the staff will contact your guardian once you're inside..."

Chen pointed to the gate of the Guard Department and said.

"Pfft~" Nian couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing their conversation.

Haha, this little brat who looks like an adult is actually a minor...

Nian was overjoyed and winked at Suika.

Suika touched her nose and turned to run, but was caught by the quick-thinking Nian.

The two went inside while arguing.

On the other side, Wei Yenwu looked at the intelligence report in his hand and rubbed his temples.

After Chen invited him from a town a hundred miles away to Lungmen, he arranged for Shadow Guards to stand guard outside 24 hours a day.

The information about Suika and Toshi being surrounded when they went out, and the fact that it involved the Guard Department, was already on his hands.

According to information currently circulating from the Guard Department, not all of these "fake Guard Department operators" are fake.

Several of them were officers responsible for patrolling the area.

These people are usually very low-key, and if it weren't for this exposure, no one would know that they are spies planted by outsiders.

This time, it was thanks to Suika's alertness that her strange control spell was executed without leaving a trace, and her opponent was completely unable to resist.

Otherwise, whether they take those "assassins" away or they realize something is wrong and escape, finding them again will be extremely difficult.

"Hmph, those bastards from the gutter, you can never kill them all!"

A fierce glint flashed in Wei Yenwu's eyes.

"Being so angry all the time can easily ruin your health."

Madam Wen Yue walked behind Wei Yenwu and gently massaged his temples.

"Lungmen is a big cake; those inside want a bigger slice, and those outside want to get involved."

With more people around, there are more thoughts and ideas.

Merchants from all over the country, capital from all places, as well as those aristocratic families and court officials.

The better the Lungmen, the more envious people there will be.

You should actually be happy; it's precisely because of such a wonderful Lungmen that it's coveted by so many outsiders."

"Who do you think did this?" Wei Yenwu asked his wife.

Wen Yue shook her head, her eyes filled with doubt and seriousness.

"This is not the style of the Sui Affairs Bureau; they will not easily provoke Sui Beast Fragment."

Those people you dealt with before don't seem like it either.

Their influence in Lungmen has been largely wiped out, so they can't uncover these undercover agents.

"Aristocratic families? Or the imperial court?"

Wei Yenwu did not continue speaking, and the Governor's Mansion fell silent.

On the other side, inside the Guard Department

Upon hearing that Suika was in jail again, Hoshiguma rushed over in a flurry.

After learning the reason, they also began to speculate about who these people were.

"You said there were people watching from a distance before, seemingly hoping you would make a move?"

What's the point?

Chen didn't quite understand what "year" meant.

Nian looked at Chen

"Although you know some things about us, it seems you don't know how complicated our relationship with the Great Yan Dynasty is."

To put it simply, if I had made a move just now, it would definitely have been filmed, and then the "threat of the Sui Beast Fragment" theory would resurface.

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